Now is the time to strengthen and expand Social Security.

Hi,

Social Security celebrated its 87th anniversary last week … but if the GOP has its way, this vital program won’t make it another year.

Rick Scott — the head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee — wants Social Security to sunset after five years. Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson wants to make it "discretionary." Rand Paul wants to privatize it. One way or another, Republicans are poised to attack Social Security the earliest chance they get.1

That’s why we must strengthen and expand Social Security now, while we still have the votes to do so.

Demand Progress is turning up the heat on Congress to pass the Social Security 2100 Act, which will expand benefits and guarantee them to seniors for the next 75 years. Will you chip in to support our work?

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It’s not just that the GOP wants to take the ax to Social Security. The program also fails to meet the needs of American seniors.2

More than half of American seniors are trying to survive on less than $25,000 a year from Social Security, and by 2035, the program will run out of money to pay full benefits.3

There’s a straightforward solution to this problem: Remove the cap millionaires and billionaires pay into the fund. Right now, they pay the same as those earning a $147,000 salary.

The Social Security 2100 Act would do just that while ensuring that Social Security benefits keep seniors out of poverty. But this fall may be the best chance we have to pass this important measure for a long time.

Demand Progress has been gathering petitions and sounding the alarm about the threat to Social Security.

Will you chip in to support our work, including pressuring Congress to pass the Social Security 2100 Act?

With gratitude for all you do,

Tihi and the team at Demand Progress Action

Sources:
1. Common Dreams, "On Social Security's 87th Birthday, Progressives Warn GOP Wants to 'Take a Chainsaw to It'," August 15, 2022.
2. CNBC, "House Democrats call for action on Social Security reform. What that could mean for your benefits," August 16, 2022.
3. Common Dreams, "On Social Security's 87th Birthday, Progressives Warn GOP Wants to 'Take a Chainsaw to It'," August 15, 2022.

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